IKRs-made-Simple: Role-Clarity to do Reviews in under 30-min
Most teams don’t suffer from a lack of effort; they suffer from unclear ownership. Work overlaps, handoffs leak, and reviews turn into updates because no one can say, “This part is mine, and here’s how you’ll see it moving.” IKRs – Individual Key Responsibility for a role can help solve that. They describe what a […]
Quarter Kick-off: The First 10 Days
When you do OKRs for the first time, ensure that you lock the plan, owners, and review slots no ceremony. Use TRICEA review artifact and a simple Review Charter Why should this matter when you do OKRs Quarterly plans slip when priorities are vague, and it normally happenes in the first few quarters when the […]
Managers don’t need MORE Meetings; they need Outcomes
We have seen it all – great many hours spend on daily meetings, hours together in pre-booked conference rooms, which are so hard to find! Yet there are struggles – people, process, technology, customer, market – what not! When reviews run on updates and opinions, you add meetings and still don’t move. Switch the center […]
CASE STUDY: Chaos to Cadence: A 2-Quarter Turnaround (Ops + Product)
Mid-market SaaS (~450 people, 2 product lines). Two releases slipped. Handoffs amidst Product and Eng and Ops were fuzzy. Leaders sat in 10–12 hrs/week of status calls. OKRs existed but weren’t used in reviews or were brushed off lightly. What we walked into What we changed (without adding ceremony) 1) One-page 12-week plan, then […]
The Check-in Charter: Turn Meetings into Outcomes
If your reviews devolve into updates and opinions, a Check-in Charter fixes it. It sets the purpose, evidence, and decisions for each review—so meetings produce outcomes, not minutes. Why meetings fail What is a Check-in Charter A lightweight agreement for each recurring review that defines purpose, evidence, decisions, and owners. It turns a calendar slot […]
Adding Value to Education
Someone said, “Commerce without morality, Science without spirituality, politics without principles and education without values is not only useless but also very dangerous” It’s not hard to see that throughout history the beacon of light and the fundamental motivating factor for most successful human beings, has been Value-Oriented thoughts and actions. Basically, values mean our priorities. And most people practice it. […]
5 Behaviours of Emotionally Intelligent Leaders
Long before the dawn of corporates and modern business setups, Aristotle realized the value and importance of having leaders or executives who are emotionally intelligent. He says-“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” John Mackey, the CEO and founder of Whole Foods finishes this with a perfect modern touch in […]
The Role of Coaching in Today’s Business World
“Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that the impact lasts after your absence.” By quoting Sheryl Sandberg, I would like to begin to throw light on the importance of leadership coaching and the effects it has on a business or an entrepreneurial setup. Let’s first begin to […]
3 Reasons Why Self-Transformation Comes Before Workplace Transformation
A writer and a famous retired pediatric surgeon, Bernie Siegel wrote that we must embrace each challenge in life as an opportunity for Self-Transformation. We often hear the phrase “Attitude is Everything”. As true as that stands to be a classic statement and principle, it is also necessary to understand what is the “right” attitude […]
Here is WHY I decided to quit an EXTREMELY WELL-PAYING job…
…FOR A HIGHER PURPOSE: After being a dedicated veteran in the corporate world for more than 25 years, an entire silver jubilee, all the appreciation, recognition and remuneration began to feel like a distant flash of faint light when compared to the unfulfilled potential I believed was still left in me. I knew that potential […]